Nation: MOVING AHEAD, NIXON STYLE

IT has long since become a cliche to talk of the caution and
deliberation of Richard Nixon's presidency, which sometimes makes the
White House seem like Miltown Mansion. But last week, for a change, the
people's business was humming at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and on
Capitol Hill at a tempo brisker than any heard since Lyndon Johnson's
happiest days—and the tune was pretty much the President's. Nixon
returned to the capital early in the week from his round-the-world tour
with stops in Asia and Rumania; six days...